“We are limited only by our imagination and our will to act.”
Ever wanted to do a tabletop RP and then get scared of by the rules and the character creation? Don't worry. Most of us have been there. For a while now, I have been toying with the idea of creating a system that allowed players to enjoy a tabletop RP while not forcing them to read massive rulebooks and calculate lots of dice rolls. After many months of writing and planning, I believe I might be in a position to give this a go. Soooo *Deep Breath* Here it goes...
Starlight is an open universe RP that allows players to explore the galaxy in whatever way they feel fit. The RP is extremely free form with quests and plots made up mostly on the fly. While there is a story line it will be upto the players to discover it and go with it. There are no restrictions on what players can do but be advised that characters can and will die. The beauty is that you can simply rejoin the universe as a new character and go do something new. Players are also free to work on their own or together. The universe of Starlight is one that will always be ticking away, even if you leave, things will still keep on rolling when you jump back in.
Humanity was never going to stay on Earth forever, destined for far better things than a single planet. First the moon, then Mars. One by one more and more colonies sprung up across the system. Stations were built further and further out, until there simply wasn't any room left. However at the edge of the system, something was discovered: A dormant gate. Where it led to, who built it? No one knew. Suddenly there was rush to figure out what the gate did, and how to get it working. Attempts to reverse engineer the technology had failed, but the insights gained from the gate had advanced humanities ship building technology by at least 200 years. After nearly 20 years of fiddling and repairing, the gate was now operational again, even if humanity didn't fully understand the technology behind it.
On the otherside of the gate lay a new solar system, empty and free. Humanity poured in, building new colonies and stations. As charting of the system began more nonfunctional gates were found. They were rapidly bought online and more empty sectors with dormant gates lay. The process continued to repeat itself until one day, they discovered alien life. Sentient alien life. It turns out they were not the only ones who had an dormant gate in their systems. Five races had discovered the hypergate network and had one by one began to expand.
50 years after first contact, and all the known systems have been claimed, bar the odd rebel or pirate system. The remaining inactive gates were being studied for reactivation by each empire, but so far the universe is in deadlock... but for how much longer.
For now I would like to gauge potential interest. I will be looking for a least a small group before I put it all together. But if enough people want to give this a go, I can start writing up the systems and create the universe.
Hedge.
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